| 100% | XMARKSTHESPOT | 13 | Map phrase ... and a hint to finding this week's final answer |
| 68% | ALPHANUMERICS | 13 | Certain character set ... and a hint to translating this week's final answer |
| 52% | LEGUP | 5 | Boost, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 52% | INREVERSE | 9 | Backwards, and a hint to four of this puzzle's answers |
| 51% | TIMEAFTERTIME | 13 | Repeatedly ... and a hint to the answers to this puzzle's starred clues |
| 51% | BANDE | 5 | Burglary, for short ... and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 51% | ELMORE | 6 | "Rum Punch" writer Leonard, and a hint to this puzzle's theme answers |
| 50% | ITSGONNACOSTYOU | 15 | Bargaining phrase ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| 50% | CREW | 4 | With 65-Across, private dos, and a hint to this puzzle's five theme answers |
| 50% | BROKENPROMISE | 13 | Certain moral lapse, and a hint to what's hidden in this puzzle's theme answers |
| 49% | CHANGETHESUBJECT | 16 | Switch topics, and a hint to solving this puzzle's theme answers |
| 49% | WESTERNUNION | 12 | Big name in money transfers, and a hint to the neighbors found in this puzzle's circled letters |
| 49% | DOUBLEDOWN | 10 | Strengthen one's commitment ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | HANDSDOWN | 9 | Easily ... and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | DOWNATTHEHEELS | 14 | Tattered, and a hint to six answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | CORNERBARS | 10 | Local watering holes, and a hint to a word that can follow eight of this puzzle's peripheral answers |
| 48% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 48% | PANDL | 5 | CFO's monetary report, and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 48% | MMM | 3 | "Delicious!" ... and a hint to every Across answer in this puzzle |
| 48% | BODYOFWATER | 11 | Geographic feature, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | LIFTOFF | 7 | Launchpad event, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | RAINDROPS | 9 | Shower units, and a hint to three answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | 15 | Without hesitating, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | ALITTLERNR | 10 | Quaint vacay, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | RIGHTLYSO | 9 | For good reason, and a hint to five answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | PCS | 3 | Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle |
| 48% | ALLBETSAREOFF | 13 | "Anything might happen," and a hint to eight answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | ELSIE | 5 | Borden cow ... and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's four longest answers |
| 47% | UPSIDEDOWNCAKES | 15 | Pastry chef creations ... and a hint to 12 other answers in this puzzle |
| 47% | RISINGSUN | 9 | 1992 Michael Crichton bestseller, and a hint to four answers in this puzzle |